High school girl #1: Yeah, Americans have no moral values. The United States hasn’t had good morals since, like, the 17th century.
High school girl #2: Yeah, I know.
High school girl #1: I mean, you could walk down the street naked and no one would say anything. That would never happen in Europe.
High school girl #2: Yeah, but in France women wear tight, revealing clothing, too.
High school girl #1: But in France it’s fashionable. Here it’s just slutty.
excerpt from student essay…
Meanwhile in Europe, the enlightenment was a reasonable time. Voltare invented electricity and also wrote a book called Candy. Gravity was invented by Isaac Walton. It is chiefly noticeable in the Autumn, when the apples are falling off the trees.
Customer: “I can’t get online.”
Tech Support: “Can you be more specific?”
Customer: “It says, ‘Bad username/password’.”
Tech Support: “What is your username?”
Customer: “Are you sure that the Internet isn’t closed for the night?”
I was extremely tempted to tell him how people in Europe and Asia wake up at odd hours just to use the net.
I had just bought a new laser printer in the US when I received a very good job offer for the summer in Europe. So I called the printer manufacturer’s help desk to find out if I could use the printer in Europe with 220 volts, or if they had a low cost transformer.
Me: “Hello, I have just bought your new (printer model), and I was wondering if I can use it in Europe with 220 volts?”
Tech Support: “Hmmm…let me see…. Here, ok, it says that the printer works with 120 volts, so 220 volts should be enough.”
Me: “What?! If it is made only for 120 volts, and I hook it up to 220 volts, it’s going to fry.”
Tech Support: “Hmmm. You may need a surge protector.”